Thank you to my colleague from Toronto Centre for the comments. I listened intently.

This is a very good bill that we’re putting forward, in my view—the Enhancing Access to Justice Act. A few reasons why I intend to support it are because it’s going to be making it easier for victims of crime, such as victims of terrorism, vehicle theft, human trafficking-related crime and hate crime, to sue an offender for emotional distress and related bodily harm; it will protect children and youth by banning the growth of recreational cannabis in homes that offer child care services—there are a lot of other good things in the bill. I want to know whether the member across thought these were good ideas and worth supporting.

I want to thank the member from Toronto Centre. You do an incredible job of representing your community, and you’re doing a great job here of advocating for access to justice for the people of Ontario.

What you described at the beginning of your remarks was a court system that’s in chaos, that’s in absolute crisis in this province, with people being denied access to justice. A rape case of a woman, Emily, who had the courage to bring forward her case to the courts—having it thrown out because there weren’t enough court staff to keep the courts open.

Can you describe with a little bit of detail, in the time that you have, some of the crisis that’s happening and some of the impacts that that is creating for people in Ontario?

Good morning, everyone. It’s a pleasure to be here with you in the morning. Thank you to my colleague from Toronto Centre for that long talk; it’s hard to do. We worked well together at city hall—we were seatmates for eight years—and I know how hard you work for your community and all of Ontario, so I appreciate that. Thank you.

Just with regard to this bill and your ideas for it, that it’s not going far enough: Can you give us maybe your top two suggestions for improving this bill?